Improvement in water-closet receivers



WILLIAM SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOSET RECEIVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 106,089, dated August 2, 1870.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM SMITH, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water-Closet Receivers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my said invention consists in constructing the receiver of water-closets so 'that I am able to make the side where the pan is hung correspond to the shape of the pan, and thereby save the waste space which is left behind the pan in ordinary or common receivers.

Heretofore the receivers or containers of n pan-closets have been constructed of an oval bowl-shaped hopper, with a covering-plate', having an enlargement on oneside, into which the pan swin gs when emptying. This construction forms a large space inside the receiver behind the pan which is not utilized, but, on the contrary, is detrimental to the closet in allowing obstructions to collect and impede the workin g of the pan.

ln the drawing, Figure l represents a front view; Fig. 2, a vertical section through the line y y of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a plan view through the line x a of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe fully its construction and operation.

A A represent the two parts of the receiver bolted together, with the pan hanging in it as open. It will be noticed that there is no waste space behind the pan, but that the receiver conforms toits shape. B is the top iiange on which the basin sits. C is the swinging pan, whichshuts up to the underside of the iiange B. D is the recess into which the pan swings.

E is the socket for pivoting the end of theA closet-lever.

In order to simplify the process of casting, I make the receiver lin halves, with the basiniange cast thereto, and bolt them together with four bolts, as seen at e e c, the line of division being across the center from the panshaft'opening. The seams or edges where the halves are united are lapped' and filled with cement in a substantial manner. There being no puttyjoint under the top iiange of the receiver, it is not liable to become leaky' from the concussion of the pan in closing, as in ordinary receivers. The usual leather cushion is provided at r for the pan to strike against when closing.

a a represent the i'loor-iiange, by which the receiver is secured in position on the soilfpipe. The fastening-bolts e e e pass through lugs cast on each half of the receiver for that purpose.

By this mode of construction I am able to make a much more perfect article in form, besides saving an important item in the weight of the casting, and consequently in transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A receiver for pan water-closets, formed and constructed so that the side A D, into which the pan C swings for emptying, will conform to the shape of the pan, and avoid the waste space behind the pan7 as in ordinary or common receivers, substantially as and for the -purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

w. sMITE. [n s] Witnesses:

I C. W. M. SMITH,

H. S. TIBBEY. 

